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Family Tree

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It matched up best whenever I tuned each string down a whole step, but I know if Im 
singing than I play two frets lower.
Intro Riff
D||-----9------9---------10-------5-----------------------|
A||-----10-----9---------10-------5-----------------------|
F||-----11-----10--------11-------6-----------------------|
C||-----11-----11--------12-------7-----------------------|
B||-5/9-9------11--------12-------7-----------------------|
D||----------9-9----9/10-10-----5-5-----------------------|
Verse Strumming
I like to do this strumming pattern but you could really do anything you want.
D||-------x------------------------------------------|
A||---------------x----------------------------------|
F||---x-------x--------------------------------------|
C||-----x-------x------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------|
D||-x-------x----------------------------------------|
A: 577655
D: x57775
E: x79997
Intro Riff x2
Verse
AOnly dead folks get my jokes
AStorm the castle and swim the moat
DAcross the world lives a big old goat
AWho's got nine eyes and breathes nothing but smoke
EAnd he loves Lilly bDut Lilly loves me
EAnd Lilly loves Shelia bDut Shelia Loves me
ASo lets go out back and plant a family tree
AWe'll be as happy as a couple motherfuckers can be
Riff x2
Verse 2
ALoad your pistol to shoot the breeze
AGo to the garden tell the birds and bees
DNot to bother the girls or harass the boys
ABusk for your breakfast baby make some noise
EWe'll wake up grandpa Dwake up Jane
EThrow a couple rocks at their Dwindow pane
DmIf daddy gives me money AIll drink my milk
AGot women to scare
A              Riff
Got a world to tilt
AIf daddy gives me money Ill drink my milk
Riff
Got women to scare
Got a world to tilt
        Riff
If your daddy gives me money Ill drink my milk
Got woAmen to scare 
Got a world to tilt
Outro
DThere's no one in the world but you for me
Riff
So lets go out back and plant a family tree
Riff

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Family Tree

by Shakey Graves

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Chords in this song · guitar

It matched up best whenever I tuned each string down a whole step, but I know if Im

singing than I play two frets lower.

Intro Riff

D||-----9------9---------10-------5-----------------------|

A||-----10-----9---------10-------5-----------------------|

F||-----11-----10--------11-------6-----------------------|

C||-----11-----11--------12-------7-----------------------|

B||-5/9-9------11--------12-------7-----------------------|

D||----------9-9----9/10-10-----5-5-----------------------|

Verse Strumming

I like to do this strumming pattern but you could really do anything you want.

D||-------x------------------------------------------|

A||---------------x----------------------------------|

F||---x-------x--------------------------------------|

C||-----x-------x------------------------------------|

B||--------------------------------------------------|

D||-x-------x----------------------------------------|

A: 577655

D: x57775

E: x79997

Intro Riff x2

Verse

Only dead folks get my jokes

Storm the castle and swim the moat

Across the world lives a big old goat

Who's got nine eyes and breathes nothing but smoke

E D

And he loves Lilly but Lilly loves me

E D

And Lilly loves Shelia but Shelia Loves me

So lets go out back and plant a family tree

We'll be as happy as a couple motherfuckers can be

Riff x2

Verse 2

Load your pistol to shoot the breeze

Go to the garden tell the birds and bees

Not to bother the girls or harass the boys

Busk for your breakfast baby make some noise

E D

We'll wake up grandpa wake up Jane

E D

Throw a couple rocks at their window pane

Dm A

If daddy gives me money Ill drink my milk

Got women to scare

A Riff

Got a world to tilt

If daddy gives me money Ill drink my milk

Riff

Got women to scare

Got a world to tilt

Riff

If your daddy gives me money Ill drink my milk

Got women to scare

Got a world to tilt

Outro

There's no one in the world but you for me

Riff

So lets go out back and plant a family tree

Riff

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